Mini Onion Uttapam with Chayote Squash and Pudhina Chutney

Wow !!! Onion Uttapam last night with Pudhina Chutney and Chayote Squash Chutney .Too good.Chayote Squase is often called as Bangalore Katirika in india .We can make kootu or sambhar out of this veggie. But my Mother in law thought me how to make chayote squash chutney. It was very delicious .She used to make chayote squash chutney almost once a week at her place back in chennai. I had some left over dosa batter,and got to prepare something quick because i was getting late for dinner.So I thought instead of plain dosa why not onion uttapam?. I had 1Chayote Squash left in the fridge , so decided to make that chutney too .Came out quite well and thought i can share it with all you guys .

Raw Materials -Onion Uttapam

2 Cups of Dosa Batter
1 onion
2 green chilli

Preparation Style

Cut the onions and green chillis and mix it well with dosa batter .Then pour small amount of batter in the hot tava and let them cook.Pour oil in the sides of the batter and allow it to crisp on both the sides. Take out the uttapam from the tava when the dosa turn golden brown and gets crispy.

Raw Materials - Chayote Squash

1 -Chayote Squash
3 tsp - channa dal
1 1/2 tsp- dhanya
3 red chilli
little hing
4 Big pieces of coconut
Salt as per taste

Preparation style

Wash and cut the chayote squash into pieces.Dry fry the squash for abt 10-15 mts unless you see the squash is semi cooked.In a separate pan dry fry the channa dal , dhanya , red chilli together until the channa dal turn golden brown.Let the veggie and the dry masala cool down for 10 mts .Blend together the veggie , dry masala along with coconut , hing and salt .Blend until you get a smooth paste by adding little water. Chutney Ready!!!!

Raw Materials for Pudhina (Green) Chutney

1 bunch pudhina
1/2 bunch kotamali
4-5 big pieces of coconut
small lemon size puli(tamarind)
3-4 green chilli
salt as per taste

Praparation style

Wash the pudhina leaves and dry fry then in a skillet until they loose all the water out of them . Then blend all the mentioned ingredients together including the pudhina .Blend it well until you get a smooth paste by adding little water . Chutney Ready!!!!

Enjoy Madi!!!!!

This is my entry for Nupur A-Zof Indian Vegetables on One Hot Stove . This week the letter starts with "O" and my entries would be as Onion Uttapam